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		<title>Cecil County Exec Moore Breaks GOP Ranks to Support Democrat in Howard Co Exec Race; Uproar Among Republicans, Conservatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Tari Moore—a Republican who came under fire in her party when she briefly left the GOP to break a deadlock on appointing her successor to the County Council two years ago&#8211; has endorsed a Democrat running for County Executive in Howard County against a well-known statewide Republican. The endorsement, highlighted during a candidates’ debate this week, was the topic of much hand-wringing among state Republican party officials last Friday during the state party’s annual Oktoberfest gathering. “People were asking, ‘What was Moore thinking?’,” according to a source who attended the event but spoke on condition of anonymity. Courtney Watson, a Democrat, is running against Republican State Sen. Allan Kittleman for Howard County Executive. The winner of the election will succeed Ken Ullman, who is running for Lt. Governor on the statewide Democratic ticket with gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown. The local race is seen as a high-profile contest with potential statewide political implications by both parties. On her campaign Facebook page, Watson recently posted that she was “Proud to have the endorsement of the only elected female county executive in the state, Tari Moore (who happens to be a Republican!)” The post included a photo of the two [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Same-Sex Fed Marriage Rights Ruling has Little Impact on Cecil County Govt.; Legally Wed Folks Now Get Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A landmark Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday, finding that same-sex legally married couples must have equal rights to benefits under federal law, is expected to have little impact on Cecil County government employees, who already have spousal benefits, a county official said. Donna Nichols, Cecil County’s Director of Human Resources, told Cecil Times that she had followed the breaking news of the Supreme Court decision on Wednesday and that the early indications were that little would change in county policy regarding employee benefits as a result of the ruling. For the past several years, all legally married employees—regardless of the gender of their spouses—have had access to health benefits, she said. However, she said that other issues—such as requirements under the separate federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) might have to be re-evaluated and revised in light of the new high court decision. The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional because it violated basic rights and equal protections under the law, and had improperly written “inequality” into federal law. As a result, benefits and legal rights provided under federal law will now be equally applied to legally married same-sex couples. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Election Night Wrapup: Moore Wins County Exec; McCarthy Landslides in Council 1st, Hodge Wins 5th&#8211; Cecil Refutes State, National Results</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Tari Moore made history Tuesday, winning election as Cecil County’s first County Executive by defeating her Democratic rival, Pam Howard, with 52.7 percent of the vote. Republican Alan McCarthy overwhelmingly won election to the District 1 County Council seat and incumbent Robert Hodge (R) won a decisive victory to retain his county commissioner seat on the new Council in District 5. “I am humbled and honored to be part of this historic moment in Cecil County’s history,” Moore posted on her Facebook wall after the results were tallied. Cecil County also re-asserted its increasingly conservative voting patterns, rejecting the winning candidacy of President Obama, the senatorial candidate and ballot questions that won support from a majority of voters statewide. From the tabulation of the early voting counts—after voting hours and days were extended due to the impact of Superstorm Sandy—through the final Tuesday night counts of all 19 county precincts plus the early vote results that are tallied as precinct 20, Moore consistently held the lead in the election returns. Only for a brief period—when the count was at 5 precincts—did the County Executive race get neck and neck, but with Moore still in the lead. The big local [&#8230;]]]></description>
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